At Cisco, we deeply take care of innovation and real efficiency. We want to be part of these solutions when responding to social challenges work– And this often means drawing, like one Cisco, from the whole organizational set of organizations that have long been from a department or domain within the company.
By listening to our non -profit co -workers and then by choosing from our set of proven interventions in the assembly of the adapted support package, we can seize partners of social impact to help more people more effectively. We are looking for measurable results and we like to see our grants using technology to change more live animals for the better.
Uplifting communities through digital skill
The Chaormor Digital Lab, a project operated by Cisco Social Impact Partner Basics International, an example and results oriented. The basics provide education, food and health care for children in the Community of Chorkor and the surrounding areas in Ghana in Western Africa – helping the whole communities to step out of poverty. Their new laboratory is preparing schoolchildren insufficiently served students for dynamic careers in cyber security, networking and more. The Laboratory, supported by Cisco Networking Academy, and our program Grant Technology Grant offers a Center for Learning, Cooperation and Creativity, where students learn top skills to help them flourish in the digital economy.
Learn how students in Ghana are preparing for exciting techniques in the CHRKOR digital laboratory.
The International CEO and Founder Patricia Wilkins notes that the reputation of Chorkorova has hard to help, which inspired her precisely to immerse and began to unlock the potential of the community. “We always felt that we had to give children access to technology,” she said. “When we read about Cisco, where they meet with students where they are, and give them the technical skills and computer skills they need, we got on board.”
Sharing Trusted Cisim and Technology of Cisco
Wilkins also managers of the foundations of Cisco Academy,, Ensuring that students get full access to Cisco’s trusted curriculum when they work on certifications that unlock better jobs and futures during gradation. Cisco Networking Academy is a global, IT skill-up program that offers digital skills training to pre-deepen industrial certification and network career, cyber security and related fields.
“For more than two decades, the International Bases have faith in the support of the whole child – combining education, nutrition, mentoring and life skills to help young people prosper and lead changes in their communities.” —Patricia Wilkins, CEO and founder, International base
Cisco Grant Grant provides our technology to qualifying for non -profit organizations to help them make meaningful profits in productivity, security, scalabibility and cost effective. For the Chaormor Laboratory, the technological grant was helpful in laying the base for the network academy.
Patrick Verret, who managed Grant Technology Grant, explains: “We have helped them create a secure and stable network for Cisco Networking Academy access, use other online teaching materials and work with others on the Internet.
Dreaming – A Works – Careers in Tech
The laboratory is already changing lives. “I wanted to do computer science, but I couldn’t have a shortage of it, because the fees you have to pay are very high. It has been my dream for so long,” said Joyce Banahene, trying to find a job as a network engineer when she follows her certification.
The Joy Adev student also felt inspired and absorbed: “I will work in any technology company. Probably Cisco, Apple, Samsung – any of them!”
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